[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR868.81]

[Page 640-641]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER VIII--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARD ADMINISTRATION 
      (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 868--GENERAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Regulations
 
Sec. 868.81  Licensing procedures.

    (a) Application. An application for a license, the renewal of a 
license, or the return of a suspended license shall be submitted to the 
Service on forms furnished by the Service. Each application shall be in 
English, be typewritten or legibly written in ink, show all information 
prescribed by the application form, and be signed by the applicant.
    (b) Examinations and reexaminations. Applicants for a license and 
individuals who are licensed to perform any or all inspection services 
shall, at the discretion of the Service, submit to examinations or 
reexaminations to determine their competency to perform the inspection 
functions for which they desire to be or are licensed.
    (c) Termination. (1) Procedure. Each license shall terminate 
according to the termination date shown on the license and as specified 
by the schedule in this paragraph. The termination date for a license 
shall be no less than 3 years or more than 4 years after the issuance 
date for the initial license; thereafter, every 3 years. Upon request of 
a licensee and for good cause shown, the termination date may be 
advanced or delayed by the Administrator for a period not to exceed 60 
days.

                          Termination Schedule
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         Last name beginning with                 Termination date
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A........................................  January.
B........................................   February.
C, D.....................................   March.
E, F, G..................................   April.
H, I, J..................................   May.
K, L.....................................   June.
M........................................   July.
N, O, P, Q...............................   August.
R........................................   September.
S, T, U, V...............................   October.
W........................................   November.
X, Y, Z..................................   December.
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The Service shall issue a termination notice 60 days before the 
termination date. The notice shall give detailed instructions for 
requesting renewal of license, state whether a reexamination is 
required, and, if a reexamination is required, give the scope of the 
examination. Failure to receive a notice from the Service shall not 
exempt a licensee from the responsibility of having the license renewed 
by the termination date.

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    (2) Exception. The license of an individual under contract with the 
Service shall terminate upon termination of the contract.
    (d) Surrender of license. Each license that is terminated or which 
is suspended or revoked under Sec. 868.84 shall be promptly surrendered 
to the Administrator or other official of the Service designated by the 
Administrator.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0580-0012)

[53 FR 3722, Feb. 9, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 16364, Mar. 
30, 1995]